Researcher - Remote - United Kingdom - Be Applied Ltd

Description

Location Remote

• Multiple locations USA · UK UK, USA or Europe (Remote)

Salary $95,000 - $120,000 (USD)

Applied Researcher:
Up to $95,000/£65,000 |

Senior Researcher:
Up to $120,000/£85,000
Team Research - Climate
Seniority Mid-level, Senior
~ Work from home option
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Sabbatical Opportunities
Team social events
Cycle to work scheme
Dogs in the office

We offer the simplest path to impact for successful entrepreneurs, providing end-to-end giving infrastructure, pioneering research, and access to a worldwide network of experts.

In other words, we help tech leaders become strategic philanthropists.

We're looking for an Applied/Senior Researcher to work on our Research team, which identifies and evaluates high-impact funding opportunities (HIFOs) to enable our members to give as effectively as possible.

Our members are high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) who use our HIFO recommendations (across a range of cause areas, including the long-term future of humanity, helping the current generation and animal welfare) to guide their giving.

Since 2017, we have rigorously evaluated climate change interventions and our work has been featured in the NYT , Vox , Volts , 80,000 Hours , and Prospect Magazine , among others.

You can read a recent update on our work here and you can read more about our research here and the grantmaking direction you would contribute to here .

We're now looking to further scale our research-based grantmaking program and the impact of our Climate Change Fund.

Investigations into particular strategies to address climate change (such as avoiding carbon lock-in via affecting climate finance) or into questions of relevance to prioritization (such as the shape of expected climate damage).

Framework and tool-building: Building and maintaining quantitative tools to guide decision-making utilizing data from the scientific and scenario literatures (in tools like R, Python, Guesstimate, and Google Sheets, some flexibility - please don't hesitate to apply).

Internal investigations of less than a week into a particular problem area or methodological question relevant to our research, such as policy dynamics in different countries, emissions trends in different sectors, the impact of global warming potential (GWP) metrics on prioritization choices, or the likely curvature of climate damage.

Some projects similar to those you might work on in your first few months, depending on your existing skills and those you want to build:

Helping to get better traction on comparing different promising theories of change, such as innovation advocacy and avoiding carbon lock-in by reviewing scientific literature, talking to experts and building quantitative back-of-the-envelope models.

Developing cost-effectiveness models of specific promising interventions, such as strengthening clean energy entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging economies or accelerating and de-risking the adoption of alternative proteins.

Although we're very open to a variety of professional backgrounds, you'll have experience autonomously leading rigorous research projects and strong analytical skills.

Prior experience in researching climate-relevant fields would also be an asset for this role.

For example, the ability to decide how long to spend on a project, or what sections to include in a report.

Good knowledge and/or a keen interest in climate research (with the opportunity to play a key role in our Climate Change Fund , depending on your experience).

Clear writing:

The experience or potential to lead your own research, working independently (but we are open to candidates of varying seniority).

Innovation policy in OECD economies

Applied programming and data analysis: Familiarity with R and/or Python and Monte Carlo simulations, in particular, are a plus.

We're a diverse team, from both charitable and commercial backgrounds, who believe that amazing things can happen when we tackle problems together.

We offer a flat structure and an opportunity to help shape the future of philanthropy.
There's no expectation for you to attend an office on a regular basis. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Founders Pledge.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Finding solutions to the world's most pressing problems requires different perspectives and unique ways of thinking and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone can do their best work.

Any applications suspected of relying on AI-generated content will be automatically disqualified.